Bill Text: IL HB4022 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services may accept an initial application or application for renewal for a day care center without radon testing results. Prohibits the Department from issuing or renewing a license until it has been given proof the facility has been tested within the last 3 years for radon and the results. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4022 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4022-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5.8 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 10/5.8) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 5.8. Radon testing of licensed day care centers, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | licensed day care homes, and licensed group day care homes. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | (a) Effective January 1, 2013, licensed day care centers, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | licensed day care homes, and licensed group day care homes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | shall have the facility tested for radon at least once every 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | years pursuant to rules established by the Illinois Emergency | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Management Agency. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | (b) Effective January 1, 2014, as part of an initial | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | application or application for renewal of a license for day | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Department shall require proof the facility has been tested | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | within the last 3 years for radon pursuant to rules established | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The Department may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | accept an initial application or application for renewal of a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | license without radon testing results, but the Department shall | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | not issue or renew any license without proof the facility has | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | been tested within the last 3 years for radon and the results. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (c) The report of the most current radon measurement shall | ||||||
| 2 | be posted in the facility next to the license issued by the | ||||||
| 3 | Department. Copies of the report shall be provided to parents | ||||||
| 4 | or guardians upon request. | ||||||
| 5 | (d) Included with the report referenced in subsection (c) | ||||||
| 6 | shall be the following statement: | ||||||
| 7 | "Every parent or guardian is notified that this | ||||||
| 8 | facility has performed radon measurements to ensure the | ||||||
| 9 | health and safety of the occupants. The Illinois Emergency | ||||||
| 10 | Management Agency (IEMA) recommends that all residential | ||||||
| 11 | homes be tested and that corrective actions be taken at | ||||||
| 12 | levels equal to or greater than 4.0 pCi/L. Radon is a Class | ||||||
| 13 | A human carcinogen, the leading cause of lung cancer in | ||||||
| 14 | non-smokers, and the second leading cause of lung cancer | ||||||
| 15 | overall. For additional information about this facility | ||||||
| 16 | contact the licensee and for additional information | ||||||
| 17 | regarding radon contact the IEMA Radon Program at | ||||||
| 18 | 800-325-1245 or on the Internet at | ||||||
| 19 | www.radon.illinois.gov.".
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 97-981, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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